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| 2006 Records: 0-3-0 MIAC, 3-5-0 Overall |
| Recent Results: Macalester 3, Saint Mary's 2 (2 OTs) / Details |
| Upcoming Events: Tues., Sept. 26: SMU at Gustavus, 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 30: Concordia at SMU, 2 p.m. |
| This and That: SMU's loss to Macalester was the Cardinals' first overtime game since a 2-1 OT loss to St. Thomas on Oct. 8, 2005 — and their first double-overtime loss since a 2-1 setback vs. Carleton on Oct. 13, 2004. … Mike Schmitt (Woodridge, Ill.) netted his team-leading seventh goal of the season in SMU's loss to Macalester, pushing his team-leading point total to 18. … Schmitt has now recorded at least one point in six of SMU's eight games. … Schmitt's 24 career goals rank him No. 2 — 12 behind SMU Hall of Famer Jerad Rasmussen. Schmitt's three points vs. Macalester (1 goal, 1 assist) give him 56 for his career and move him into the No. 3 spot all-time. … D.J. Prideaux (Eden Prairie, Minn.) netted his first collegiate goal vs. Macalester. … The Cardinals have scored 23 goals in eight games — four more than all of last season — and the most since SMU netted 27 in 2002. … SMU has socred two or more goals in six of its eight games. … The Cardinals have gotten scoring from 14 different players. … SMU's loss to Macalester extended its season-high losing streak to three straight — all conference games. |
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In fact, the Cardinals matched the Scots blow-for-blow for more than 105 minutes, before Macalester broke a 2-2 tie with the game-winning goal midway through the second overtime period en route to a 3-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory.
"You hate to use it as an excuse, but we were unlucky tonight — we lost because we were unlucky," said SMU coach Chris Dembiec, whose Cardinals dropped their third straight. "Organizationally, this was by far the best game we've played all season.
"We had (Macalester) on the ropes, got a bad break on a penalty kick call late in the second half, and that was the difference."
D.J. Prideaux (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Mike Schmitt (Woodridge, Ill.) helped give SMU a 2-1 advantage at halftime, but the Scots got the equalizer when Carson Gorecki netted the first of his two goals on a penalty kick with 11 minutes remaining in regulation.
After a scoreless first overtime period, Gorecki completed the Scots' fourth straight win, grabbing a loose ball in front of SMU goalkeeper Jon Szafranski (Barrington, Ill.) and firing it into the open net.
"This team played with such passion tonight — it was too bad the end result wasn't what they deserved," said Dembiec, whose team returns to action Tuesday, traveling to St. Peter, Minn., for an MIAC contest against Gustavus. "We certainly played well enough to win, we just couldn't catch a break."